Inside the Hamish Hamilton Archive

A short film

Intrigue, adventure, romance, stationery…

Here are some of the meaningful scraps of paper housed in the Hamish Hamilton archive. The great dramas of 20th century publishing revealed in the marks left behind by typewriters, fountain pens and telegram operators.

Featuring Chandler, Sartre, Salinger, Thurber, Orwell and others.

Music by Lights of Harmac

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